R.I.P. Steve Rogers

Rest easy Cap.

A hero dies
News of Captain America's demise spurs run on comic-book stores
Don Aucoin & Joseph P. Kahn, Boston Globe, 3/7/07

From superherouniverse.com:

"Steve Rogers grew up in the Great Depression in New York City. Although he was frail and rejected for service in the U.S. Army, he was given a chance to serve his country."

"General Chester Phillips offered him a place in a top-secret biological experiment, Operation: Rebirth. Steve Rogers was injected with the experimental Super Soldier Serum and exposed to low-level radiation to enhance the formula's effectiveness. After combat training Captain America was transferred base to base under the guise of a private in the Army. All the while Cap was thwarting Hitler and the Nazis at every opportunity."


Timely Comics' Captain America Comics #1 (March 1941)

Take that Adolf!

"When Captain America throws his mightyshieldd all those who chose to oppose his shield must yield."



He's come back before.

"Captain America soon gained a partner Bucky Barnes, a teenager who had discovered Cap's secret identity. During the waning days of WWII, a bomb-loaded drone plane launched by Nazi technician Baron Heinrich Zemo exploded with Cap and Bucky aboard, killing the youngster and hurling his mentor unhurt into the icy Arctic. The Super Soldier Serum, combined with the extreme cold of the water, enabled Cap to survive for years in a state of suspended animation. Captain America was rescued years later by the Avengers and became one of their most prominent members."
~superherouniverse.com


Avengers #4 (March 1964)